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Wow, seats at AT&T park are going to be really expensive the first part of next season huh...

If they can stay in the race they will be expensive the whole season...

does anyone else offer Marco even half that? i thought the best he could do would be 1 6 with maybe some options. I guess without thong master Huff someone needs to be the overpaid old guy. that being said... good for Marco!

edit: Also, If the giants can pull a right fielder out of their a$$, they have a good shot at the post season agian.

I would guess Stephen Vogt to Texas, Wilmer Font to Arizona, Joe Paterson to Cleveland, and Cord Phelps and Tim Fedroff to Tampa. Based purely on how disappointed the assembled ranks of media would be.

Only interesting insofar as it narrows the Yankees' options at 3B even further. Can't wait to see what they're going to pull out of their hats here.

Youkilis makes sense: They can offer a bigger 1-year deal than anyone else without affecting their luxury tax implications for 2014. He gets a chance to prove his health and get a better multi-year deal next offseason.

Youkilis makes sense: They can offer a bigger 1-year deal than anyone else without affecting their luxury tax implications for 2014. He gets a chance to prove his health and get a better multi-year deal next offseason.

I'd love to see it, if only because it would carry on the rich tradition of Wade Boggs, Roger Clemens, and Johnny Damon.

Only interesting insofar as it narrows the Yankees' options at 3B even further. Can't wait to see what they're going to pull out of their hats here.

Youkilis makes sense: They can offer a bigger 1-year deal than anyone else without affecting their luxury tax implications for 2014. He gets a chance to prove his health and get a better multi-year deal next offseason.

Assuming the Phils break out of their off season lethargy, I'd think they'd give Youk 2 years. They are desperate for any kind of RH power and they think Cody Asche will be ready in 2014; it would make sense to have a vet around who could spell the lefty hitter on occasion as well as fill in for Howard.

Chavez for 1/3 as a parttimer for the Phils could have led to a cheap, if meh, 3B combo with Kevin Frandsen, leaving money for 2 OFs and a setup man.

Assuming the Phils break out of their off season lethargy, I'd think they'd give Youk 2 years. They are desperate for any kind of RH power and they think Cody Asche will be ready in 2014; it would make sense to have a vet around who could spell the lefty hitter on occasion as well as fill in for Howard.

Philly makes sense, but if the Yankees offer, say, 1 year at $13m, would they be able to offer a 2-year deal that makes it work his while?

One of them started with the Blue Jays and one started with the Marlins. The Blue Jays one came first and is from Miami. The Marlins one came second and is from Venezuela. The second one is Sea Bass. Apparently he got the nickname from Marlins legend Kevin Millar.

So "Sea Bass" is not the "started with the Blue Jays" Gonzalez, right?

One of them started with the Blue Jays and one started with the Marlins. The Blue Jays one came first and is from Miami. The Marlins one came second and is from Venezuela. The second one is Sea Bass. Apparently he got the nickname from Marlins legend Kevin Millar.

This is all why we badly need a constitutional amendment banning the combination of "Alex" and "Gonzalez"... I believe the Rangers have another one toiling somewhere in the bowels of their farm system who also happens to be a pseudo-crappy SS.

EDIT: Yup - though, he seems to be a 20 yo still struggling to get out of the frontier league, so we may be spared him... According to BB-REF, the Orioles drafted one in the 11th round of the 2010 draft, but it would appear that he didn't sign... so the amendment is still needed.

Philly makes sense, but if the Yankees offer, say, 1 year at $13m, would they be able to offer a 2-year deal that makes it work his while?
Probably not. Do the Yanks have enough room to offer him 13 though? I thought they were tight against the cap.

I'm perfectly fine adding Schierholtz, but I'm not sure I see where he fits... Assuming Brett Jackson is going to be given a chance to K 300 times in CF and absent Soriano/DeJesus being moved -- there's already Campana and Sappelt to be the 4th/5th OFers.

I suppose Nate can hit - and neither of them can -- so that's something, but both Campana and Sappelt are 26 and cheap (though, pretty sure both have options left).

There's no way that the Royals would consider trading Wil Myers AND another prospect for James Shields, right?

In last week's Heyman article that was posted, I predicted a Shields for Myers + Kyle Smith trade.

To me, at least, it has seemed like the writing is on the wall that Shields is Dayton Moore's white whale. Pretty sure Friedman knows it and is taking advantage of that to get the maximum return. It doesn't hurt that the writing seems to be on the wall that Dayton Moore's job seems to be dependent on a a big boost in the standings in 2013. Any GM should be trying to exploit the fact that KC is going to be willing to pay more than it should in future talent to get MLB ready talent.

I think there is a slight risk that KC opts for a FA pitcher instead, but if KC lands a pitcher via trade, I'd expect more than just Myers to be the price that is paid. (Note, I think that is a massive overpay; I simply think it will happen.)

And I've been posting this in the Royals threads for the past couple of weeks but I'm pretty convinced that Dayton Moore believes that Wil Myers is blocked at the MLB level. He can't play DH because you've got Billy Butler there. He really isn't suited for CF. And the corner OF spots are already filled with Gordon and Frenchy. I think this trade would be a lot less likely if Moore thought he had a spot in the lineup to give to Wil Myers.

Shields had a weird season. His K and BB rates were excellent, he gave up fewer hits than IP, and he a good HR rate, and yet he still had a 108 ERA+. Did the bullpen allow a lot of inherited runners to score?

Anyway, Shields is a good pitcher, but unless they sign him to an extension, trading Myers for him would be really, really dumb.